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The US federal government has now entered its second day of shutdown, the first in nearly seven years, throwing hundreds of thousands of federal employees into uncertainty.
US President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors. (Image Credit: Reuters)
On the second day of the US government shutdown, President Donald Trump said he will be holding a meeting with his budget director Russell Vought on Thursday to determine which “Democrat Agencies” to cut.
“I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
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In another post, he attacked the Democrats and said: “The Democrats want to give your healthcare money to illegal aliens and open our borders to the criminals of the world, a deadly combination because everybody will come!”
The US federal government has now entered its second day of shutdown, the first in nearly seven years, throwing hundreds of thousands of federal employees into uncertainty.
According to a post in Reuters, Trump has already frozen federal transit and green-energy funding for Democratic-leaning states and has threatened to fire more federal workers during the shutdown, which began on Wednesday due to a partisan standoff in Congress.
Meanwhile, Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, AP reported.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said mass layoffs of federal workers were “imminent,” suggesting they could begin in “two days, very soon.” US Vice-President JD Vance warned that if the shutdown drags on, “we are going to have to lay people off” while US President Donald Trump called the shutdown an “opportunity” to make irreversible cuts as he urged Republicans to “clear out dead wood, waste and fraud,” arguing that “billions of dollars can be saved.”
The shutdown began when US Congress failed to pass a new spending plan by Wednesday’s deadline. Republicans, who control both chambers but lack the 60 Senate votes needed to pass a funding bill, are pushing for a stopgap measure to keep the government open until mid-November.
Democrats, however, are demanding guarantees on healthcare funding, particularly for low-income Americans, before agreeing to any deal.
Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
October 02, 2025, 23:23 IST
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